Synonyms:
pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse
Meaning: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
Synonyms:
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
Meaning: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
pulsate, throb, pulse
Meaning: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
Synonyms:
pulse, pulsate
Meaning: produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
Usage examples
I took the wounded man's pulse.
"I will watch his pulse carefully.
His pulse was then 144, double its ordinary quickness.
I felt his pulse and his heart, and unfastened his collar.
He was cheerful, but with a fevered pulse, and still the stomach-pains.
"Among other things." The swarthy gentleman continued his study of the patient's pulse.
To-day, from each and all, a breath of prayer--a pulse of thought, To memory of Him--to birth of Him.
The pulse must have grown hard, the mouth must have been dry with the ardor of the chase, at those times.
The doctor laid him back upon the bed, feeling his pulse with one hand, while he stood and regarded him in silence.
His face was turned to the sky, his eyes blindly staring; there was no pulse, no breath; he was already cold in death.